Supreme Court of India

Dilip Kumar Mondal & Anr. v. State of West Bengal

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Reported as [2015] 1 S.C.R. 907
Bench T.S. Thakur and R. Banumathi JJ.
Decided 14 January 2015

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What the Court ordered

In the result, the conviction of the appellants under G Section 302/34 IPC is altered to one under Section 304 Part I IPC and the appellants are sentenced to undergo imprisonment for a period of ten years.

Judgment, page 14

From the headnote

Penal Code, 1860: ss. 302134 - Allegation that PW-3, the brother of deceased was working with his sons PW-11 and PW-12 in his field - Deceased and his son PW-10 on bullock cart crossed the field of appellants-accused to which appellants objected resulting in altercation - One appellant inflicted injuries in the abdomen of the deceased with the pasli and other appellant attacked him with a dau - When PW-10 tried to rescue his father, he was also badly beaten by the accused - PWs11 and 12 were also assaulted - Courts below convicted the appellant ulss.302134 - Held: The contradiction pointed

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